Waqas Atique

Waqas Atique is a Staff Attorney with IRAP Jordan. In this role, Waqas provides direct legal services to refugees seeking resettlement and other forms of protection through complementary pathways.  

Prior to joining IRAP, Waqas worked at the German Embassy in Amman where he was responsible for processing family reunification applications and humanitarian visas for Syrian and Iraqi refugees. In his clerkship he worked inter alia with a defense attorney in Berlin and the European Commission in Brussels.

Waqas holds a Second State Law Exam from the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main and a First State Law Exam from the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He is fluent in German, English, and Urdu.